to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
quotation; referring to precedent
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
migratory bird; bird of passage
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
line; queue; procession; matrix
carrying out in a large group
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
explanation in common language
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
destination; place one stays during a trip
phantom; vision; illusion
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague